Thursday, August 11, 2016

Our Leaders group took to the ice on this hot and humid day! While we sweated in the humidity at OTRec, the leaders were on ice at the Alfond Arena. What a cool treat! Many thanks to the University of Maine for the invitation to their "Learn to Skate" event today!

Friday, August 5, 2016

The Hannaford Supermarket located in Old Townhas chosen Old Town Recreation Center as the latest beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program!This means for the entire month of September, every time anyonepurchases the blue reusable bag with the good karma message at the Old Town Hannafordwe receive $1!

This is truly a great opportunity for us and an easy way for you to show your support for the Old Town Rec!Please go to the store, find the reusable bag rack and buy a few bags!And remember to spread the word – the more bags purchased, the bigger donation to the Old Town Recreation Center.For more information about the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program, visit hannaford.bags4mycause.com.

We have an eye to the future and are developing our outdoor facility. Have you noticed the new and improved baseball field that is soon to be completed? It's getting a scoreboard today! Also, our play areas have seen some renovations. Come check it out!

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Nature cooperated with our beach day. We couldn't have ordered better weather! It was warm and sunny with a cool breeze. The water was refreshing and our campers loved the beach. They even found a stream filled with frogs to entertain them.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

This week our Leaders' Group visited Sewell Park to learn how to build shelters out of natural materials. The survival skills class is every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon through the end of July.

A Message from Jason Baker, our survival skills instructor: Humans today are insulated from the natural world. Our interactions are as a tourist. Even when we camp, we insulate ourselves behind tent walls, sleeping pads, and bags. When we hike, we speed from destination to destination, often missing the rich environment we pass through. What most of us have failed to discover is the rich belonging and connection to all things that can be gained through the immersion in our natural world. Our Survival Skills Class with Jason Baker teaches:

The Sacred Order of Survival - Shelter, Fire, Water, Food

How to build an effective shelter quickly that will keep a person dry and warm even in extreme winter weather

How to make fire from friction

How to find clean water and purify it for human consumption.

How to forage and find food in Nature

In the process of learning these basic wilderness survival techniques many other areas will be learned and taught such as:

Track location and identification

Plant and animal identification

Habitat exploration and understanding the web of life

How heat moves and natural things with insulating properties

Awareness of what is around us in the woods as well as awareness of how we affect the wilderness and each other

Our Leaders Group went on a trip to the Animal Orphanage this week. They delivered donations from our generous Rec family. As you can see in the pictures, they also spent time with the animals and volunteered their labor for the Animal Orphanage.

Thursday, July 7, 2016

The Adventurers group traveled to the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor today for "The Wet World of Science." This grant-funded opportunity included fun activities investigating how water supports life, the watershed, water-borne diseases, and how rivers and tributaries move water.